SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2025

11. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

SHARE-BASED PLANS

During the six months ended September 30, 2025, we had share-based awards outstanding under the following plans: (1) the 2017 Non-Employee Director Long-Term Incentive Plan (“2017 Director LTIP”), (2) the 2024 Non-Employee Director Long-Term Incentive Plan (“2024 Director LTIP”) and (3) the 2021 Employee Long-Term Incentive Plan (“2021 Employee LTIP”).

These share-based plans define fair market value as the closing sales price of a share of common stock as quoted on any established stock exchange for such date or the most recent trading day preceding such date if there were no trades on such date.

RESTRICTED STOCK ACTIVITY

For the six months ended September 30, 2025, we granted 652 restricted shares under the 2024 Director LTIP and 121,844 restricted shares under the 2021 Employee LTIP. For the six months ended September 30, 2024, we granted 729 restricted shares of our stock under the 2017 Director LTIP, and 121,097 restricted shares of our stock under the 2021 Employee LTIP. A summary of our restricted stock activity is as follows:


	Number of Shares			Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested April 1, 2025	275,773		$	64.80
Granted	122,496		$	72.76
Vested	(146,360	)	$	63.53
Forfeited	(4,961	)	$	66.80
Nonvested September 30, 2025	246,948		$	69.47

PERFORMANCE STOCK UNITS

Beginning with the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, we granted Performance Stock Units (“PSUs”) to our executive officers under our 2021 Employee LTIP. The PSUs will vest based on the achievement of certain performance goals at the end of a three-year performance period. The PSUs represent the right to receive shares of our common stock at the time of vesting. The total number of PSUs that vest range from 0% to 200% of the target number of PSUs based on our achievement of certain performance targets

The following table provides a summary of the nonvested PSUs for the six months ended September 30, 2025:


	Number of units		Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested April 1, 2025	34,535	$	70.94
Granted	38,094	$	76.08
Nonvested September 30, 2025	72,629	$	73.63

EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

We provide eligible employees the opportunity to purchase shares of our stock through the 2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”). Under this plan, eligible employees may purchase up to an aggregate of 2.50 million shares of our stock. Employees in this plan contribute part of their earnings over a six-month offering period. At the end of each offering period, employees purchase our shares using their contributions at a discount off the lesser of the closing market price on the first or the last trading day of each offering period. During the six months ended September 30, 2025, and September 30, 2024, we issued 28,665 shares at a price of $61.29 per share and 28,915 shares at a price of $62.63 per share, respectively, under the ESPP. As of September 30, 2025, there were 2.34 million shares remaining under the ESPP.

COMPENSATION EXPENSE

The following table provides a summary of our total share-based compensation expense for continuing operations, including for restricted stock awards, PSUs, our ESPP, and the related income tax benefit for the three and six months ended September 30, 2025, and 2024, respectively (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Six Months Ended September 30,
		2025			2024			2025			2024
Equity-based compensation expense	$	3,058		$	2,530		$	6,498		$	5,321
Income tax benefit		(896	)		(701	)		(1,826	)		(1,458	)

We recognized the income tax benefit as a reduction to our provision for income taxes. As of September 30, 2025, the total unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested restricted stock was $14.6 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 33 months.

We also provide our employees with a contributory 401(k) profit sharing plan (the “401(k) plan”), to which we may contribute from time to time at our sole discretion. Employer contributions to the 401(k) plan are always fully vested. Our estimated contribution expense to the 401(k) plan for the three months ended September 30, 2025, and 2024, were $1.5 million and $1.3 million, respectively. For the six months ended September 30, 2025, and 2024, our estimated contribution expense for the plan was $3.0 million and $2.7 million, respectively.